Arts Books

Art, Ideology and Economics in Nazi Germany: the Reich
Chambers of Music, Theatre and the Visual Arts
Steinweis, Alan.
N.Carolina Press 1996 0807846074
Possibly available through Inter-Library Loan

Art, Music and Writings from the Holocaust
Willoughby, Susan
Heinemann 2003 0431153752
Available in East Renfrewshire Libraries J940.53
Although aimed at younger readers, a very good overview with further
reading and website suggestions

Bearing Witness: A Resource Guide to Literature, Poetry, Art,
Music, and Videos by Holocaust Victims and Survivors
Rosen, P.; Apfelbaum, N.
Greenwood Publishing Group 2001 0313310769
Possibly available through Inter-Library Loan

Grant,Marianne
I knew I was painting for my life: the Holocaust artworks of Marianne Grant&;
Glasgow Museums 2002 0902752642
Available in East Renfrewshire Libraries at 940.531

Website:
http://centennialcollege.infopop.cc/about_the_collection/subject_guide/holocaust_in_the_arts.htm#art_etc
A bibliography of arts, music and cinema in relation to the holocaust

Drama

Books
Staging the Holocaust : The Shoah in Drama and Performance
Schumacher, C; Bradby, D.
Cambridge University Press 1998 0521624150
Possibly available through Inter-Library Loan

Theatrical Performance During the Holocaust: Texts, Documents,
Memoirs
Rovit, R; Goldfarb, A.
Johns Hopkins Univ Press 1999 0801861675
Possibly available through Inter-Library Loan

The Theatre of the Holocaust: Four Plays
Skloot, Robert
University of Wisconsin Press 1999 0299090744
Possibly available through Inter-Library Loan

The Free Zone /The Workroom
Grumberg, J; Temerson, C.
Ubu Repertory Theater Pubs 1993 0913745391
Possibly available through Inter-Library Loan
English translations of two French plays by a Holocaust survivor, based
on his own experiences during and after the war

For more details of play scripts, see the first website listed below.

Website:

http://centennialcollege.infopop.cc/about_the_collection/subject_guide/holocaust_in_the_arts.htm#drama
Bibliography of drama (theatre) and the holocaust

Music

Books:
Darker Side of Genius: Richard Wagner’s Anti-Semitism
Katz, Jacob. 0874513685 University Press of New England 1986
Possibly available through Inter-Library Loan

Different Drummers: Jazz and Culture in Nazi Germany
Kater, Michael (ed)
0195165535 Oxf U P2003
Possibly available through Inter-Library Loan

Music and Nazism: Art under Tyranny, 1933-1945
Kater, Michael (ed)
3890075169 Laaber 2003
Proceedings of a conference held Oct. 14-17, 1999, Canadian
Centre for German and European Studies, York University, Toronto
Possibly available through Inter-Library Loan

The Pianist : the Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in
Warsaw
Szpilman, Wladyslaw.
Gollancz 1999 057506708x
Available in Mearns Library 940.531

Websites:
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/arts/music.htm
Various aspects of music associated with the holocaust

http://eislermusic.com/
Website about Hanns Eisler

http://www.kwf.org/
Website about Kurt Weill

Film

The Pianist
The story of musician Wladyslaw Szpilman’s survival throughout the
war in Warsaw
Released in UK in 2002. Available on video and dvd.
Available for loan on dvd from East Renfrewshire Libraries

Poetry

Books:
The poetry books listed below are only a small collection – the first
website listed for poetry(below) gives a huge selection of books and
individual poems…

I Never Saw another Butterfly: Children’s Drawings and Poems
from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944
Volavkova, Y.
0805210156 Schocken, N Y 1995
Possibly available through Inter-Library loan

Holocaust Poetry
Schiff, Hilda (editor)
Quill Press 2002 095362806x
Possibly available through Inter-Library loan

Who Was the Woman Who Wore the Hat?
Patz, Nancy
Dutton Books 2003 0525469990
Possibly available through Inter-Library loan

Poetry After Auschwitz: Remembering What One Never Knew
Gubar, Susan
Indiana University Press 2003 0253341760
Possibly available through Inter-Library loan

Erika: Poems of the Holocaust
Heyen, W.
Time Being Books 1991 1877770205
Possibly available through Inter-Library loan

Websites:
http://www.auschwitz.dk/id6.htm
Holocaust poetry

http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/arts/litAfter.htm
About the fiction, drama, and poetry that honour the victims and
survivors of the holocaust

http://centennialcollege.infopop.cc/about_the_collection/subject_guide/holocaust_in_the_arts.htm#poetry
Bibliography of holocaust poetry

http://www.jwa.org/exhibits/wov/lazarus/index.html
About the poet Emma Lazarus

Visual Arts

Books:
Art of the Holocaust
Blatter, J.
0856133868 Orbis 1982
Possibly available through Inter-Library Loan

Mission in Art: Recent Holocaust Works in America
Thompson, Vivian.
0865542066 Mercer University Press 1988
Possibly available through Inter-Library Loan

Websites
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/arts/art.htm
Various aspects of the visual arts associated with the
holocaust